My Daughter, Geum Sa-wol

*My Daughter, Geum Sa-wol*
My Daughter, Geum Sa-wol
	Promotional poster for My Daughter, Geum Sa-wol
Genre	Melodrama; Family;
Developed by	Park Sung-eun
Written by	Kim Soon-ok
Directed by	Baek Ho-min; Lee Jae-jin;
Starring	Baek Jin-hee; Park Se-young; Yoon Hyun-min; Jeon In-hwa; Do Sang-woo;
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	51
Production
Executive producer	Son Ok-hyun
Producers	Lee Eon-jeong (MBC); Hwang Jun-young (MBC); Ahn Hyeong-jo (Jidam Inc.)
Running time	70 minutes
Production company	Jidam Inc. (formerly Yein E&M)
Original release
Network	MBC
Release	September 5, 2015 –; February 28, 2016

My Daughter, Geum Sa-wol (Korean: 내 딸, 금사월; RR: Nae ttal, Geum Sa-wol) is a 2015 South Korean television series starring Baek Jin-hee, Park Se-young, Jeon In-hwa, Yoon Hyun-min, and Do Sang-woo. It aired on MBC on Saturdays and Sundays 21:45 for 51 episodes from September 5, 2015 until February 28, 2016. Although the drama enjoyed high viewership ratings, with the finale earning national viewership of 33.6%, critics described the drama as "absurdly unrealistic".^[1]^[2]

Plot

Sa-wol, Hye-sang and Oh-wol grow up in the same orphanage as best friends. On the day the orphanage collapses, Hye-sang finds out that Sa-wol is to be adopted by her wealthy biological father instead of her after a DNA test that reveals the mixed up between them. Eager to be raised in the upper class society, Hye-sang traps the orphanage director, who is also her true father, in the collapsing building with Oh-wol to hide the truth. However, when Sa-wol ended up being brought into the family as well, Hye-sang starts tormenting, blame shifting and burying the truth, to make herself the better daughter. As the story goes, her web of lies gets bigger and bigger and becomes harder to control.

Cast

Baek Jin-hee as Geum Sa-wol
- Kal So-won as young Sa-wol
Park Se-young as Oh Hye-sang
- Lee Na-yoon as young Hye-sang
Yoon Hyun-min as Kang Chan-bin
- Jeon Jin-seo as young Chan-bin
Jeon In-hwa as Shin Deuk-ye
Do Sang-woo as Joo Se-hoon
- Go Woo-rim as child Se-hoon
- Goo Seung-hyun as young Se-hoon
Ahn Nae-sang as Joo Ki-hwang
Song Ha-yoon as Lee Hong-do/Joo Oh-wol
- Lee Do-yeon as young Oh-wol
Son Chang-min as Kang Man-hoo
Park Sang-won as Oh Min-ho
Do Ji-won as Han Ji-hye
Kim Hee-jung as Choi Ma-ri
Park Won-sook as So Kook-ja
Lee Yeon-doo as Kang Dal-rae
- Kwak Ji-hye as child Dal-rae
- Kim Go-eun as young Dal-rae
Kang Rae-yeon as Kang Jjil-rae
- Kim So-eun as child Jjil-rae
- Park Soo-bin as young Jjil-rae
Choi Dae-chul as Im Shi-ro
- Jung Yun-seok as young Shi-ro
Yoon Bok-in as Yoo Kwon-soon
Kim Ji-young as Im Mi-rang
Lee Tae-woo as Im Woo-rang
Lee Jung-gil as Shin Ji-sang
Oh Mi-yeon as Kim Hye-soon (Cameo)
Kim Ho-jin as Geum Hyung-sik (Cameo)
Kim Ji-ho as Kim Ji-young (Cameo)

Ratings

Episode #	Original broadcast date	Average audience share
		TNmS Ratings^[3]		AGB Nielsen^[4]
		Nationwide	Seoul National Capital Area	Nationwide	Seoul National Capital Area
1	September 5, 2015	14.1%	15.1%	14.7%	15.8%
2	September 6, 2015	14.3%	16.1%	15.9%	17.1%
3	September 12, 2015	13.9%	15.3%	16.1%	17.1%
4	September 13, 2015	16.0%	17.3%	17.8%	18.2%
5	September 19, 2015	16.0%	17.3%	18.4%	20.7%
6	September 20, 2015	16.8%	19.0%	17.9%	19.5%
7	September 26, 2015	14.4%	15.7%	15.9%	16.9%
8	September 27, 2015	14.8%	15.3%	16.7%	17.5%
9	October 3, 2015	16.9%	17.6%	18.9%	20.5%
10	October 4, 2015	18.5%	18.8%	20.8%	21.6%
11	October 10, 2015	19.0%	19.3%	21.3%	22.3%
12	October 11, 2015	19.9%	21.0%	22.4%	23.6%
13	October 17, 2015	21.6%	24.0%	21.1%	22.8%
14	October 18, 2015	20.4%	23.2%	22.5%	24.0%
15	October 24, 2015	20.8%	22.8%	21.2%	22.2%
16	October 25, 2015	21.0%	23.6%	23.5%	24.4%
17	October 31, 2015	21.2%	23.2%	22.1%	23.0%
18	November 1, 2015	21.5%	24.0%	23.4%	23.8%
19	November 7, 2015	20.5%	21.0%	23.5%	24.4%
20	November 8, 2015	22.7%	24.5%	27.2%	28.5%
21	November 14, 2015	21.1%	22.2%	24.9%	27.2%
22	November 15, 2015	21.7%	22.5%	27.3%	28.9%
23	November 21, 2015	19.7%	22.1%	23.9%	25.3%
24	November 22, 2015	24.4%	26.3%	26.7%	26.9%
25	November 28, 2015	20.8%	22.3%	25.9%	27.2%
26	November 29, 2015	22.6%	24.7%	27.3%	28.3%
27	December 5, 2015	20.9%	22.8%	24.5%	26.2%
28	December 6, 2015	23.0%	25.3%	28.3%	29.2%
29	December 12, 2015	21.6%	23.0%	25.0%	25.9%
30	December 13, 2015	22.0%	23.2%	27.8%	28.6%
31	December 19, 2015	21.8%	22.8%	27.9%	30.2%
32	December 20, 2015	22.9%	23.5%	29.7%	31.0%
33	December 26, 2015	22.8%	22.5%	28.3%	29.4%
34	December 27, 2015	23.5%	24.7%	32.0%	33.1%
35	January 2, 2016	25.1%	25.7%	28.5%	29.4%
36	January 3, 2016	26.5%	27.5%	30.5%	31.5%
37	January 9, 2016	29.3%	30.5%	30.7%	32.5%
38	January 10, 2016	29.7%	31.4%	31.8%	33.1%
39	January 16, 2016	31.2%	33.0%	31.7%	33.5%
40	January 17, 2016	31.8%	33.2%	31.3%	31.6%
41	January 24, 2016	31.6%	32.1%	32.2%	33.4%
42	January 30, 2016	34.5%	34.3%	34.9%	35.5%
43	January 31, 2016	34.9%	35.0%	34.4%	35.5%
44	February 6, 2016	32.4%	32.4%	32.6%	33.3%
45	February 7, 2016	31.9%	31.7%	30.5%	31.1%
46	February 13, 2016	34.7%	35.9%	34.9%	36.4%
47	February 14, 2016	33.8%	34.6%	33.4%	34.9%
48	February 20, 2016	31.9%	31.7%	33.0%	34.6%
49	February 21, 2016	33.8%	34.1%	33.4%	34.0%
50	February 27, 2016	32.4%	33.0%	33.6%	35.8%
51	February 28, 2016	33.5%	34.2%	33.6%	34.6%
Average		23.7%	24.9%	26.0%	27.3%

Note: episode 41 wasn't aired on Saturday January 23 due to broadcast of the football Asian Olympic qualification match between South Korea and Jordan. This episode was aired on Sunday January 24, 2016.

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2015	34th MBC Drama Awards	Grand Prize (Daesang)	Jeon In-hwa	Nominated
		Drama of the Year	My Daughter, Geum Sa-wol	Nominated
		Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Special Project Drama	Jeon In-hwa	Won
		Excellence Award, Actor in a Special Project Drama	Son Chang-min	Won
		Excellence Award, Actor in a Special Project Drama	Yoon Hyun-min	Nominated
		Excellence Award, Actress in a Special Project Drama	Baek Jin-hee	Nominated
		Excellence Award, Actress in a Special Project Drama	Park Won-sook	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor in a Special Project Drama	Choi Dae-chul	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress in a Special Project Drama	Do Ji-won	Nominated
		Best New Actor in a Special Project Drama	Yoon Hyun-min	Won
		Best New Actor in a Special Project Drama	Do Sang-woo	Nominated
		Best New Actress in a Special Project Drama	Park Se-young	Nominated
		Best New Actress in a Special Project Drama	Song Ha-yoon	Nominated
		Best Young Actress	Kal So-won	Won
		Top 10 Stars Award	Baek Jin-hee	Won
2016	9th Korea Drama Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actress	Baek Jin-hee	Won
2016	9th Korea Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actress	Park Se-young	Won

International broadcast

Country	Network	Title	Date
Singapore	Channel U	My Daughter Geum Sa-weol	2017
Philippines	GMA Network	My Daughter Geum Sa-weol	September 25, 2017
Vietnam	VTVCab7 (D-Dramas)	Con riêng của mẹ	2018
Thailand	Channel 3	My Daughter Geum Sa-weol	TBA 2018
Malaysia	8TV	My Daughter, Geum sa-wol	TBA 2018
Laos	LNTV3	ລູກສາວຂອງຂ້ອຍ	TBA 2018
India	Sony TV	मेरी बेटी जूम सा-वोल (Hindi)	TBA
	Star Vijay	என் மகள் ஜியம் ச-வொல் (Tamil)
	Asianet	എന്റെ മകൾ ഗെയ്ം സാ-വോൾ (Malayalam)
	Star Maa	నా కుమార్తె గీం సా-వీల్ (Telugu)

References

^ Ko Dong-hwan (February 29, 2016). "K-dramas absurdly unrealistic". The Korea Times. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
^ Son Ji-hyoung (February 29, 2016). "'My Daughter, Geum Sa-wol' hits 33.6% viewership in finale". K-Pop Herald. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
^ "TNmS Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". TNmS Ratings (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 28, 2013. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
^ "AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 26, 2013. Retrieved January 7, 2015.

[1] Ko Dong-hwan (February 29, 2016). "K-dramas absurdly unrealistic". The Korea Times. Retrieved February 29, 2016.

[2] Son Ji-hyoung (February 29, 2016). "'My Daughter, Geum Sa-wol' hits 33.6% viewership in finale". K-Pop Herald. Retrieved February 29, 2016.

[3] "TNmS Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". TNmS Ratings (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 28, 2013. Retrieved January 7, 2015.

[4] "AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 26, 2013. Retrieved January 7, 2015.

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v t e Works by Kim Soon-ok
As screenwriter	Temptation of Wife (2008) Temptation of an Angel (2009) Smile, Mom (2010) Five Fingers (2012) The Birth of a Family (2012) Jang Bo-ri Is Here! (2014) My Daughter, Geum Sa-wol (2015) Band of Sisters (2017) The Last Empress (2018) The Penthouse: War in Life (2020–21) The Escape of the Seven (2023)
As creator	Pandora: Beneath the Paradise (2023)